Reborn Wives, Swapped Husbands

ing forward with a tone thick with boastfulness. "They're a perfect match for your grandsons.

oice echoed

ped open as she dragged i

to her death from an

e back in the B

gleamed, sunlight streamed through the glass dome over

emories came

h of the Robertson family, had come to forma

d son, the man who would become the architect of her miser

.. been

a second chance, she refuse

wronged her wou

ed a vast business empire tha

s a dream countless other fa

tsons had chosen t

r family had risen to prominence. Ashlyn's grandfather had once saved Arthur Robertson's life

felt honor-bound to see that promise through,

bertsons still intended to honor that long-ago pledge was almost too good to b

dear sister Valerie Brooks had rushed to stake her claim be

sole heir to the Rober

d a life of unimaginab

ne else. This marriage alliance was nothing more t

In public, they played the part of a perfect, polishe

led and willful as Valeri

ing her to the point of orchestrating Dylan's own downfall. And Valerie? She didn't fa

r Ash

ly lifted-and

features before his expression sof

vated sensitivity, he was the very picture of a cultured

dder tore thr

id what kind of monster hid j

ife crashed over her, draini

, she tore he

rry?" Arthur Robertson's voice was warm and genial. "I know arranged marriages are outdated," he continued, "but people

Walter agre

o the soft flesh between her thumb and forefinger, the shar

able. Neither she nor Va

rst out suddenly.

rie's choice completely di

hot her daughter a fierce glare, her voice dropping

. As for Simon-he was nothing but a researcher buried in

rose to her feet, flashing a brillia

But as his gaze swept past Ashlyn, it lingered

of Valerie's decision, but a lifetime of indul

Ashlyn?"

ath. She lifted her gaze and

mained cold, unreadable. He gave her a sin

felt another gaze on her from

hed over her, pu

swallow

ter that. Her mind was reeling, still caught

his second chance was no

stubbornly real. That small, sharp pain was

ed to the dining room. The moment the meal e

em as he bid the family goo

e either of the Brooks sisters a sing

e did Ashlyn allow herself a de

eaded wordless

heard the low, urgent murm

e was sharp with disbelief. "As long as Dylan i

uch wa

Ashlyn's h

year before their father remarried, bring

en unfaithful long befor

d lived like a stran

lan's already in love with someone else! This whole marriage proposal is just him giving in

anding the position of the heir's wif

that stiff, dull personality of hers, he'll never give her the time of day. Simon, though-he's different. He's attentive, gentle, and fiercely loyal once he c

s and pushed open the

ng a hand to stare at her wrist.

where an ugly, brutal scar

on was loyal and dev

, vicious, and a master

r, stepping on her back and draining the life from her until s

he swore with cold,

er let that h